Prof. Dr. Christine Abbt
Humanities, Social and behavioural sciences
Prof. Dr. Rasha Abdel Rahman
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Social sciences, journalism and information
Field
Social and behavioural sciences
Area of specialisation
Neurocognitive psychology
Research interests
Language production
Semantic memory
Face and object recognition
Attentional, linguistic, emotional and semantic influences on perception
Distinctions and Awards
Heisenberg Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2008
Heinz Heckhausen Prize for young scientists from the German Psychological Society (DGPs), 2002
Doctoral fellowship from the DFG within the "Clinical and cognitive neuroscience" research training group, 1997 – 2000
Doctorate
- 2001: Semantische und phonologische Repräsentationen in der Gesichtererkennung und Sprachproduktion: Elektrophysiologische Indikatoren paralleler Verarbeitung ("Semantic and phonological representations in face recognition and language production: electrophysiological indicators of parallel processing")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2008: Das semantische System bei Objekterkennung und Sprachproduktion ("The semantic system in object recognition and language production")
Short CV/Education and training
- 1997Diplom degree in psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
- 1997 – 2000PhD student in the "Clinical and cognitive neuroscience" research training group, Berlin
- 2000 – 2003Research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (language production group) in Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2001Doctor of Natural Science (Dr rer. nat.), Humboldt University of Berlin
- 2004 – 2007Research associate, with funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2007 – 2008Visiting professor, Humboldt University of Berlin
- 2008Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) in the field of psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin
- 2009Heisenberg Fellowship, sponsored by the DFG
- Since 2010W3 Heisenberg professor of neurocognitive psychology in the Department of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin
Selected publications
Abdel Rahman, R., Aristei, S. (2010): Now you see it, ... and now again: Semantic interference reflects lexical competition in speech production with and without articulation. In: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
Aristei, S., Melinger, A., Abdel Rahman, R. (in press): Electrophysiological chronometry of semantic context effects in language production. In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Abdel Rahman, R., Melinger, A.: Dismissing lexical competition does not make speaking any easier: A rejoinder to Mahon and Caramazza. In: Language and Cognitive Processes 24(5), 2009. pp. 749-760.
Abdel Rahman, R., Melinger, A.: Semantic context effects in language production: A swinging lexical network proposal and a review. In: Language and Cognitive Processes 24(5), 2009. pp. 713-734.
Abdel Rahman, R., Melinger, A.: Enhanced phonological facilitation and traces of concurrent word form activation in speech production: An object naming study with multiple distractors. In: The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 61, 2008. pp. 1410-1440.
Abdel Rahman, R., Sommer, W.: Seeing what we know and understand: How knowledge shapes perception. In: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 15(6), 2008. pp. 1055-1063.
Abdel Rahman, R., Melinger, A.: When bees hamper the production of honey: Lexical interference from associates in speech production. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition 33(3), 2007. pp. 604-614.
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